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Moto services, M4 between J11 and J12
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Road: M4
Junction: Between J11 and J12
Operator: Moto
Location: Berkshire RG30 3UQ
Telephone: 01189 566966
Signed from the motorway? Yes
Previous operators: Granada
Previous names: none
Services type: Two sites located between junctions, with no public connection between them.
Official website: Visit Reading Westbound/Moto's official website
| Visit Reading Eastbound/Moto's official website
The eastbound services are slightly larger and they have the last of a few of the shops. Each site comes with a fair amount of open space behind the hotel, but they have been slated because of the tight corners on the exit sliproads and the poor car park layout.
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Facilities:
Key: westbound only | eastbound only
General: Cash Machine, Pay Phones, Children's Play Area, Local Information, Business Centre, Showers
Food/Drink: Eat & Drink Company, Caffè Ritazza, Burger King, Upper Crust
Shopping: WH Smith, Marks and Spencer Simply Food, Birthdays, Thorntons, Scoop
Fuel: BP with pumps for Unleaded, Ultimate Unleaded, Diesel, Ultimate Diesel and LPG
Motel: Travelodge
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Photos:
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 | The front of the services, complete with a tree in the way. Photo taken whilst travelling westbound in 2008. |
 | The main food hall at the centre of the services. Photo taken whilst travelling westbound in 2008. |
 | The second half of the Travelodge motel, which was built to keep up with demand but appears to have sank in to the ground. Photo taken whilst travelling westbound in 2008. |
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Trivia:
Reading is located not too far from Chieveley, so much so that when it opened the signs for Chieveley were removed as there were fears that the junction wouldn't cope. Chieveley's junction has since been improved and the signs have gone back up.
It is thought that the services are built on an old landfill site(!)
A Fonebitz store will open here soon.
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Survey results:
In 2009 the services were deemed the most expensive by Which? Motoring, with five popular snacks costing over £10.
In 2006 the services won a four star loo award.
Also in 2006, the services were rated at 3/5 by Holiday Which?
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Parking Prices:
Vehicle: | For up to 2 hours: | For 2 to 24 hours: |
| Cars: | FREE | £8 |
| HGVs & Carvans: | FREE | £17* |
| Coaches: | FREE | £17* |
* For an extra £2, the price will include a £7.50 meal voucher.
The above prices are intended to be a guide only. Tickets must be renewed after 24 hours, and can be obtained from the 'Pay & Display' meters located in each car park. |
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Alternatives:
- Chieveley Moto/Costa M&S services on the M4, 12 miles to the west.
- Heston Moto/Costa M&S services on the M4, 32 miles to the east.
- Toddington Moto services on the M1, 59 miles to the east.
- South Mimms Welcome Break services on the M25, 51 miles to the east.
- Clacket Lane RoadChef services on the M25, 64 miles to the east.
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Do not go to the loo here unless you are happy for cross sex observation and indecent exposure. Cleaners are subcontracted so regular staff have no control over their practices which include male operatives wandering in and out of what is supposed to be the ladies toilets without any warning and female cleaners walking in while men are using urinals! Cleaners did not understand or speak english either so cannot ask them to go out even though there is no legal entitlement for them to be in opposite sex areas when in use and this is an infringement of human rights. Fine if you are into that sort of thing but very embarrassing and uncomfortable if you are not. The Law allows the employment of appropriate sex cleaners in situations where people are using toilet and washing facilities (positive discrimination) for obvious reasons so why are they exploiting foreign workers and subjecting both the cleaners and the users of their busy facilities to undignified and potentially compromising situations? Imagine being a woman or a minor finding herself alone with a strange man when exiting a cubicle in what is supposed to be the Ladies toilet enclosure. This is just penny pinching madness which shows a lack of respect for their staff and their clients!
Do not go to the loo here unless you are happy for cross sex observation and indecent exposure. Cleaners are subcontracted so regular staff have no control over their practices which include male operatives wandering in and out of what is supposed to be the ladies toilets without any warning and female cleaners walking in while men are using urinals! Cleaners did not understand or speak english either so cannot ask them to go out even though there is no legal entitlement for them to be in opposite sex areas when in use and this is an infringement of human rights. Fine if you are into that sort of thing but very embarrassing and uncomfortable if you are not. The Law allows the employment of appropriate sex cleaners in situations where people are using toilet and washing facilities (positive discrimination) for obvious reasons so why are they exploiting foreign workers and subjecting both the cleaners and the users of their busy facilities to undignified and potentially compromising situations? Imagine being a woman or a minor finding herself alone with a strange man when exiting a cubicle in what is supposed to be the Ladies toilet enclosure. This is just penny pinching madness which shows a lack of respect for their staff and their clients!
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Don't bother eating here. Go to the Marks and Sparks concession and buy some sandwiches/snacks there instead. It's slightly more expensive than a high street M&S, but you'll get much more for your money than in the service's 'restaurants' and, more importantly, it will be edible!
Don't bother eating here. Go to the Marks and Sparks concession and buy some sandwiches/snacks there instead. It's slightly more expensive than a high street M&S, but you'll get much more for your money than in the service's 'restaurants' and, more importantly, it will be edible!
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